Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023)
Title 5 - CRIMINAL OFFENSES (§§ 5-1-101 — 5-79-101)
Subtitle 2 - OFFENSES AGAINST THE PERSON (§§ 5-10-101 — 5-18-107)
Chapter 13 - ASSAULT AND BATTERY (§§ 5-13-101 — 5-13-310)
Subchapter 2 - OFFENSES GENERALLY (§§ 5-13-201 — 5-13-214)
Section 5-13-213 - Aggravated assault against first responder

• (a) A person commits aggravated assault against a first responder if:
  • (1) The person knowingly causes physical contact with a first responder by spitting, throwing, or otherwise transferring bodily fluids, pathogens, or human waste onto the person of the first responder or by throwing an object such as a brick, rock, bottle, projectile, firework, chemical agent, or explosive device that the person knows or reasonably should know could cause physical injury if the object struck the first responder; and
  • (2) The physical contact:
    • (A) Results in serious physical injury to the first responder;
    • (B) Involves the use of a deadly weapon;
    • (C) Involves the display of a firearm in such a manner that the display of the firearm creates a substantial danger of death or serious physical injury to another person; or
    • (D) Involves strangulation or attempted strangulation.

• (b) Aggravated assault against a first responder is a Class C felony with a mandatory fine of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) and a mandatory minimum sentence of at least ninety (90) days' imprisonment for which the defendant is required to serve at least ninety (90) days before being released from imprisonment.

Amended by Act 2023, No. 736,§ 2, eff. 8/1/2023.

Added by Act 2021, No. 1014,§ 3, eff. 7/28/2021.